Technology
You Will LOVE This Project on Screentime by a Team of Professor-Parents
You Will LOVE This Project on Screentime by a Team of Professor-Parents
Kids. Screens. What do we know about it all? A team of professor-parents are tackling that very question. Drs. Kristen…
Would a Self-Driving Car Choose to Kill 2 of Its Passengers or 5 Pedestrians? Depends On Who Programs It
Would a Self-Driving Car Choose to Kill 2 of Its Passengers or 5 Pedestrians? Depends On Who Programs It
A recent panel of experts at the WISE@NY Learning Revolution conference discussed the importance of the humanities as our world…
Can Artificial Intelligence Promote Inquiry? Stanford Professor Says Yes.
Can Artificial Intelligence Promote Inquiry? Stanford Professor Says Yes.
Paul Kim at Stanford University has been doing fascinating work around artificial intelligence and inquiry. Having just attended a talk…
Yearning for the Sounds of Old Technologies? There’s a Sound Museum for That.
Yearning for the Sounds of Old Technologies? There’s a Sound Museum for That.
Ever hear a song or a sound that just sends you back to a moment in time, a person, a…
What if We Talk about College and CREATIVE Readiness Instead?
What if We Talk about College and CREATIVE Readiness Instead?
In the name of rigor and accountability, reforms that overemphasize career readiness and elaborate schemas of skill sets might actually…
Technology is Ruining the Performing Arts–and That’s a Good Thing. Here’s Why.
Technology is Ruining the Performing Arts–and That’s a Good Thing. Here’s Why.
Teaching is a live performance art. We don’t discuss it that way enough, but it is precisely that. New teachers struggle…
Wait, Frankenstein’s Monster is What Happens When One Learns Improperly!?
Wait, Frankenstein’s Monster is What Happens When One Learns Improperly!?
While rereading Frankenstein recently, I couldn’t help but think Mary Shelley was offering us a critique of education. There is…
What More Could Sally Ride’s School Have Done to Prepare Her to be an Astronaut?
What More Could Sally Ride’s School Have Done to Prepare Her to be an Astronaut?
Listen to this 1983 interview with astronaut Sally Ride by Gloria Steinem. What stands out to me most is both…
The Best Video About Data You’ll Likely See Today
The Best Video About Data You’ll Likely See Today
The use of data in teaching and learning has increased dramatically over the last fifteen years. Driven in part by…
Ever Wonder What Bias Looks Like in Machine Learning?
Ever Wonder What Bias Looks Like in Machine Learning?
The term “machine learning” is becoming increasingly popular, but what is less often discussed is that machines don’t learn per…
Colbert’s Warning About the Dangers of Texting
Colbert’s Warning About the Dangers of Texting
It is easy for parents and teachers to feel uncomfortable with the ubiquity of cell phones in children’s lives. In…
Face It: Emojis Could Be the Key To Learning
Face It: Emojis Could Be the Key To Learning
Human beings have gone from cave drawings to spoken language to written language to printed language to… emojis. Have we…
A How-To Video for Using Your Telephone–From 1927
A How-To Video for Using Your Telephone–From 1927
Next time you get yourself down for not knowing how to use some new technology in your classroom or home,…
There’s a Great Gatsby Video Game!?! English Class Just Got WAY Awesomer.
There’s a Great Gatsby Video Game!?! English Class Just Got WAY Awesomer.
How did I not know that Nintendo made a Great Gatsby video game? I’m ashamed. I know video games have…
You Can Geolocate Which Indigenous Peoples’ Land You Are Standing On Right Now.
You Can Geolocate Which Indigenous Peoples’ Land You Are Standing On Right Now.
One cannot change the past, but one can become more conscious of it. Eight years ago, I was invited to…
Is Texting the Future or Downfall of Writing in Schools?
Is Texting the Future or Downfall of Writing in Schools?
Leave it to a linguist like Columbia University’s John McWhorter to challenge popular fears that texting marks the end of language…